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Dance-rock

Dance-rock is a dance-infused genre of rock music. It is a post-disco genre connected with pop rock and new wave with fewer rhythm and blues influences. It originated in the early 1980s, following the decline in popularity of both punk and disco.

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Cultural origins
Late 1970s – early 1980s
Derivative forms
Alternative dance · grebo · Minneapolis sound
Stylistic origins
Post-disco · disco · pop rock · rock · new wave
Typical instruments
Keyboard · bass guitar · electric guitar · drum machine · drums

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Dance-rock

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Dance-rock

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related to Definitions · 28
Dance-rock → AllMusic, America, Artists, Billy Idol, Campbell, Certain Ratio, Clash, David Bowie, Depeche Mode, Devo, DJs, DOR, Duran Duran, Eurythmics, Four, Gang, Hall, However, INXS, Michael Campbell
related to history · 27
Dance-rock → ABC, Afrika Bambaataa's, Billboard, Blondie, Computer World, Daryl Hall, Depeche Mode, Despite, Devo, Don't You Want Me, EPs, Haircut, Human League, Human League's, John Oates, Key, Kraftwerk, New Order, New Romantic, Planet Rock
Typical instruments · 12
Dance-rock → bass guitar, drum machine, drums, electric guitar, electronic drums, Keyboard, sampler, sequencer, synthesizer, talkbox, vocals, vocoder
related to Legacy · 10
Dance-rock → Arctic Monkeys, Franz Ferdinand, Garbage, Kasabian, Killers, No Doubt, Robbie Williams, Scissor Sisters, This, Young Love
Stylistic origins · 7
Dance-rock → disco, new wave, pop rock, Post-disco, post-punk, rhythm and blues, rock
Derivative forms · 3
Dance-rock → Alternative dance, grebo, Minneapolis sound
Cultural origins · 1
Dance-rock → Late 1970s – early 1980s
is a · 1
Dance-rock → dance-infused genre of rock music
see also · 1
Dance-rock → List

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rock new genre music post-disco disco wave 1980s also dance artists post-punk influences electronic alternative sound pop rhythm blues early

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Dance-rockCultural originsLate 1970s – early 1980s1.00infobox
Dance-rockDerivative formsAlternative dance1.00infobox
Dance-rockDerivative formsgrebo1.00infobox
Dance-rockDerivative formsMinneapolis sound1.00infobox
Dance-rockStylistic originsPost-disco1.00infobox
Dance-rockStylistic originsdisco1.00infobox
Dance-rockStylistic originspop rock1.00infobox
Dance-rockStylistic originsrock1.00infobox
Dance-rockStylistic originsnew wave1.00infobox
Dance-rockStylistic originspost-punk1.00infobox
Dance-rockStylistic originsrhythm and blues1.00infobox
Dance-rockTypical instrumentsKeyboard1.00infobox
Dance-rockTypical instrumentsbass guitar1.00infobox
Dance-rockTypical instrumentselectric guitar1.00infobox
Dance-rockTypical instrumentsdrum machine1.00infobox
Dance-rockTypical instrumentsdrums1.00infobox
Dance-rockTypical instrumentssynthesizer1.00infobox
Dance-rockTypical instrumentselectronic drums1.00infobox
Dance-rockTypical instrumentssampler1.00infobox
Dance-rockTypical instrumentssequencer1.00infobox
Dance-rockTypical instrumentsvocals1.00infobox
Dance-rockTypical instrumentsvocoder1.00infobox
Dance-rockTypical instrumentstalkbox1.00infobox
Dance-rockis adance-infused genre of rock music0.90text

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